France–Spain relations
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France and Spain maintain bilateral relations, in which both share a long border across the Pyrenees, other than one point which is cut off by Andorra. As two of the most powerful kingdoms of the earl
Louis XIV of France and Philip IV of Spain signing the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659, ending the 24-year Franco-Spanish War.
Francisco Goya painting, The Third of May 1808 (1814), depicting French soldiers executing civilians defending Madrid.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and French President Emmanuel Macron meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid; on 26 July 2018.
Embassy of France in Madrid
Foreign relations of France
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In the 19th century France built a new French colonial empire second only to the British Empire. It was humiliated in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, which marked the rise of Germany to dominance
François Hollande and Vladimir Putin in December 2014
Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump in April 2018
Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden in December 2022
Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Egypt, 5 November 1956.